Folded paper napkin and dispenser therefor



dispensing operation.

Patented Aug. 30, 1932 v a 'W EB IMNIEW Wa -awn, wrseensxmukssxenoa m mamas Lumiere TUBING GQMPLNY'; "OF, Y B HINELANDE R TWISQGNQIN; :A (IGil2&(3RIK'JJZIEGN 0F WEISGONSiN;

I Q a siiemrxz ii m a r aaameaaa ee-Fe s; sea 1 This invention relates to folded artifcle's of tien to provide napkins or similar arti-cles of material'ssnch as'pa r and Sammie lus theabovedescribedtype; i tratedas applied to oiaeapapei napin Variother sheets-willapwar -as the w combination; "aj "container following description proceeds,itfbeing un '5 therefor. derstodd thatthepresentembodimentisa nere The invention relatesparticula rly'to folded lyag verrbyw yoffli s ra tieu andtenor-to articles or *nap kins of crepe "paper; snare becomideredasiimiting the'invention in =an y the manner of foldingtlrecrepe aperro particular.- "Thei's'c'op'e of theinventibn may produce thefinished article, possessing sube eetermi'nedanemia anderstaaaiag'orthe rio properties. illustrated embod iment of their-iventionand 35' For convenience in handling articles such an appreciation or -tlre" advan tages'the-{invenas napkins and the like, it is customary to i-oh.prb i1 es e n= 5: v L v supply them in a folded condition and'it is T m &T m d h b if f often desirable in practice, to provide some imae s teeereyrererriag't-o the accompanying simple and convenient means for containing drawing inwl'iichtf as and dispensing napkins or similar articles in 'gl d i's a pla n view-ofa sheetof crepe their folded condition. paper froni 'whichnapkin's folded irraccord Such devices may be of any desirable form ance with thepresent invention are produced. and type, and are often merely an opened g' is a persp'eetiv gvieweia i apkin top container in which the napkins or similar folded in aeeordaneewith the present amen: 76 articles may be placed, with a substantial menand, a i p portion thereof projecting, to facilitate ready F IgIuI'eB 1s a perspect ve V ew;showine' a gripping thereof at the time andfor the pur Pl #yf napkins felded according to t e r pose of removing each of the napkins or simsnewmg n Figure'2 and plac d an pered ilar articles singly or in any desired number; tepm ta i r y y ii l l) or such devices may be more elaborate in fi W -*Q a i f construction and provided with various mejByreferr-ing' to'the drawing, it will chanical means to aid in the dispensing opnoted that the napkin a fii'm f pfil 11" eration or to produce a particular type of hebtQ p P 0, which has been previeusly creped by any saitablefmethod such as Joy a In any event, it is found that more ad- S 0f a-creping' machinefso m h fi vantageous results are had if napkins or simoffthe 1???" QXQ 'Q i 'f l fi i 'c as ilar articles used in the above outlined man ShQ I i 'H E g i h P may ner, have more body or rigidity than heretothen be fold d lbngj l l wh ch 7 fore, as they are then more capable of rehmge'm :the longitudanalwdire'cuon-ofjthe 3'5 maining in place, being easily handled and repe 'gra1n -and in addition, on the ime 1-4 a are not subject to falling over when unsupextending transversely of thegr-a n at th e ported as for instance, in cases where a relam -s ion 1 f h hc'fi0?as to produce the tively few napkins remain in an opened top folded napkin 1% shown n Figure container of the above described type. folded t W F fi hefifillh be It is therefore proposed according to the extends longitudinally efthe strip as shown present invention, to fold the napkin to a atli njFigure 1 shape having greater length than width and p The Importantfeature ofthis inven'tionr i-s in this manner to promote the rigidity in the tofol'd th'e'napkin alonghinge lines extending direction of the width and in such manner longitud maliyofthe crepeigrainia'predeter ma that the grain of the crepe extends in the dimined number cit-times and'ialso a direc-f rection of the length of the napkins whereby tion: transverse to the direction o'f'the crepe a greater degree of stiffness is provided, regrain so that-thesfolde'd:naphnli s offthe' 'de- I sisting bending in a longitudinal direction. sired zfin'al "S126 and shape but of such shape" v Accordingly, it is an object of this inventhat the 'iength of the napkin. 1s "considerab1y1on extends longitudinally thereof.

It will-be appreciated that the advantages of this invention maybe real'i'zed'in any instance Where the napkin is folded into final form where it has 'one'dimension greater than the other and with the crepe grain extending in a longitudinal direction'but inpractice, by way of example, the applicant hasfound that the partlcular fold hereinaftemdescribed makes for an improvednapkin embodying all of the above stated advantages. 7

Among other ways, the present invention may be practiced by folding the sheet ofpaper shown in Figure 1' along the hinge .lines 12, 13 and 14 shown thereon by first folding along hinge line 14 so as to bring the sheet 10 to onehalf of its original sizeand then folding the a grain which extends longitudinally of the relatively long and narrow fold whereby each napkin is self-sustaining while standing in the container.

folded crepe paper into an elongated narrow strip with the grain ofathe crepe extending longitudinally thereof and said receptacle having a rectangular napkin receiving openv ing defined by side walls extending onlyvpar- .t'ially up'the sides of said bundle of napkins,

said napkinsbeing positioned therein on; end whereby the grain of the crepe reinforces each individual napkin against bending on hori zontal hinge lines 'and thereby provides self sustaining napkins when unsupported othernapkins." f

Signed. at f' Rhinelan'der, .Wisconsinf. this 18thday ofMarch,. 192 9. V {/J S. DANIEL S." l

rectangle so formed on the-centralhinge line a 1213 in a. direction at right angles to the first fold or on ahinge line extending inthe direction of the crepe grain to bring the sheet to a one-quarter size, and subsequently folding twice upon itself in the same direction as the latter fold'on hingeline 12-13, each time to one-half of its former size to produce the final folded napkin. By this manner of folding, a napkin of of the original size is formed which size is now used to a large extent on the market.

The particular fold to readily adapt itself to folding machinery and is one which maybe readily and cheaply produced. The finished napkins producedin this manner when the flat sheet is properly positioned relative to the folding mechanism,

embody all of the advantages above set forth, namely, having greater body and a rigidit than napkins heretofore produced. I

Napkins folded in accordance withthisinvention, when placed in a dispensing contamer 16, such as shown 1n Figure 3, will stand upright and atall times be readily ac cessible for removal and in cases where one or only a few'napkins remain in the container, the relative stiffness. of each napkin holds it upright without liability of falling to the bottom of the container. 1

Asshown in Figure 3, the dispenser comprises an open top container 16, having side walls which are of less height than the height of the napkin. .The longitudinal stiflness of each napkin of the bundle of napkins placed therein causes'them to stand erect without support at-their upper portions or joint sup- ,ort afforded by a large number of napkins 1n the bundle. "As above described, this is aboveoutlined is found 7 as follows, said napkins being formed of 

